Christian miller



(No Model 0. MILLER. FOLDING BABY CARRIAGE.

No. 418,528. Patented Dec. 81, 1889.

WITNESSES: INVENTUB 6? M M Nv PETERS, PmlpLithn m her. Wahinglon. D4 0.

fU-Nirnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN MILLER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

I FOLDING BABY-CARRIAG E.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 418,528, dated December 31,1889.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN MILLER, a

citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State'of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Folding Baby-Carriages, of g which the following is a specification.

In apartment and other houses in cities where space is more or less limited the-ordi- T nary baby-carriage is found objectionable, not only because of its size and the room required for its storage, but also because of the difliculty' and trouble experienced in taking be folded together, so that it will not take up 'vided with clutches.

half as much room as the ordinary carriage requires, and may be readily taken up and down stairways.

To this end my invention consists in providing a baby-carriage having a folding body mounted on a running-gear having hingejointed axles, which can be foldedtogether when not required for use and kept extended for use by the handles of the carriage and the bottom and seat therein.

In the accompanying drawings similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a sectional side elevation of my carriage on the line 0c in Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is a front end view of the carriage.

Fig. 3 is a top view showing the handle pro- Fig. 4 is a side view of the same. Fig. 5 is a top view of the hingejointed axles provided with wheels, shoulders, and lugs, also the reaches secured to the shoulders on the axles. Fig. 6 represents the hinge-jointed axles and reaches when folded together. Fig. 7 is a top view of the bottom and sides. Fig. 8 is a side view of the hinged axle. Fig. 9 is a top view of the same. Fig.

10 is a top View showing the hinged axle axles are each provided with a shoulder b, which is cast upon or with the upper part of Application filed October 30, 1889- Serial Ne. 328,666. (No model.)

the axle above the hinge-joints a a or may be otherwise secured thereto.

O- O designate two reaches, made of wood,

resting upon and secured to the shoulders I) by means of screws.

W designates the four wheels, each secured in the ordinary manner to the outer part of the axles A A.

D D respectively designate metal springs of any desired style, secured to the front and rear ends of the reaches 0 C by screws.

The carriage-body may be made of willow or Wicker ware or other suitable material, and

the two sides E E of. the same rest upon and are secured to the springs D D in the ordinary manner. The front and rear sides of the carriage-body are each composed of two parts 0 c, and each part is secured to the respective sides E E of the carriage-body by means of hinges d. The ends of boththe sides E E and the two parts 0 c of the back and front sides of the carriage-body are mitered; and thus snugly fit together.

F designates the wooden bottom of the carriage-body, which can be raised or lowered by means of the hinges e, secured to one side of the bottom and the lower end of one side of the carriage, as E. "On the bottom of the other side of the carriage -body, as E, are secured two cleats Z, provided with holes, upon which the bottom of the carriage-body rests, and is secured and kept in place by project-ionsor pins 11 on the end of the bottom engaging with the holes in the cleats l. The lower ends of the two parts 0 c of the front and rear sides of the carriage-body are also each provided with a pin 3, which projects in holes in the bottom of the carriage, and the said parts 0 c are firmly heldin place 0 by hooks and staples z, and also by the latch and pin u.

G designates the upholstered seat and back of the carriage, which is removable from the body of the carriage.

H designates a clutch provided with a narrow shank, allowing the two parts 0 c of the back of the carriage to be closed about the same and holding the back in place.

I designates the standard or rod, held by 100 the clutch H, and on which a canopy or parasol is suspended.

7 axle, which clutch is also provided with an adjustable tongue m, secured to the clutch L by a bolt 0, so that when the clutch K is ap plied to the front axle, as shown, the clutch L also engages with the rear axle between the lugs n", and by turning the tongue m the shanks of the handle are firmly secured to the axles and keep them extended.

When it is desired to fold the carriage. the tongue m is turned, and the handle is readily removed from engagement with the axles by simply raising and removing the same. The seat and back are then removed from the carriage-body, the hooks engaging the bottom with the front and back unfastened, the latch u opened, the bottom raised up, and the axles turned inward, as shown in Fig. 6, when the body and reaches will readily fold close together; 1

By my improvement a carriage which requires at least twenty'four inches of space in width when extended can be folded u p within eleven inches in width, thus making a great convenient size to be readily carried up and down narrow stairwa ys.

W hat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

-1. In arunninggear for afolding,baby-c arriage, the combination of hinge-jointed axles having wheels secured thereto, shoulders 12, and lugs '22, a handle provided with clutches for engaging said axles between said lugs, reaches secured to said shoulders, and springs mounted on said reaches, substantially as described.

2. In a running-gear for a folding baby-carriage, the combination, with hingejointed axles provided with wheels, shoulders I), and logs in, of a handle provided with a clutch engaging the front axle and a clutch having an adjustable tongue for engaging the rear axle to keep the whole extended, substantially as described 3 The herein-described folding baby-carriage provided with a folding body composed of the sides E E, of the swinging back and front 0 a, hinged to said sides by hinges, of an adjustable botton'imlso hinged to one side of the carriage-body, of the removable seat and back provided with the clutch for holding the standard, latches, pins, hooks, and staples for holding same together, the whole being mounted on springsl) D, connected with reachesC C, secured to shoulders h on hinge-jointed axles provided with wheels, and a handle provided with clutches K and L, engaging with said axles between lugsn thereon to keep the running-gear extended, substantially in the manner described, and as and for the purpose specified. I saving of storage room and the carriage be of l CHRISTIAN MILLER.

Witnesses: ANDREW, M. Tom), JAMES C. WARD. 

